Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
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M-lhe Gays are lehgthehlng, ahd TUG
cold is strengthening.
IRA large stock of weather strips at
Straw & Murphy's, and sold very cheap
An immense supply of candies, NUTS
dates, figs, oranges and lemons for the
holidays at Stallman's.
In connection with The REPUBLICAN
we are prepared to furnish The Chicago
Weekly Inter Ocean at seventy-tive cents
year
The Concordia society gave dane
ing party at their hall on Second street
Monday evening and the time was passed
very pleasantly.
Burr Robbins, whose circus wlntered
at GAINESVILLE for number of years, has
traded the entire outfit for Grenier's gar
den in Chicago.
Subscribers to The REPUBLICAN can
be supplied with The Weekly Milwaukee
Sentinel at seventy-6ve cents year by
applying at this office.
DIR. Storrs, specialist, inventor and
patentee of the Air Cushion Pad, will be
in our city for few days. See notice in
advertisement columns.
Christmas falling on Sunday this
year, the secular observance of the day
occurred on Monday, the banks, the post
Office and many of the business houses
closing.
schiller & Quentmeyer, agents for
the GAINESVILLE steam laundry, are giving
discount of 10 per cent off of regular
laundry price-list. Washing sent every
Tuesday morning. First-class work guar
anteed. 11w3
At a meeting of the S. A. G. last
Thursday evening the following officers
were elected for the ensuing quarter:
President, J. W. Wright; vice-president.
E. G. Broenniman; secretary, M. A.
Blumenfeld; treasurer, G. w. Norris.
Perhaps never before was the char
acter of the weather and the general ap-
pearance of things more Christmas-like
than this year 1t was just what artists
have pictured it and writer's described.
The fine sleighing is the completion of
the scene.
City Treasurer 81. A. Block notifies
the taxpayers that the tax rolls
of the several wards have been
placed in his hands and he has COM
menced collecting taxes at his office in
the City Hall, up stairs. Taxes must be
paid within thirty days. See notice in
another column.
Probably the largest turkey ever
marketed here was to be seen Friday at
Bowling & Burke's meat market, west
side. It was of the bronze variety and
weighed forty pounds undressed and thir-
ty-two pounds dressed. The head and
portion of the neck alone weighed two
pounds. This monster gobbler was raised
by Fred Metre, town of Waterfowl.
The collections at ST. Demands
church Sunday for Christmas gift to the
pastor Rev. Father Condor and his assist
ant, Rev. Father O'Keefe, amounted
to 1926, the largest sum ever collected by
the congregation for similar purpose.
It was donation most worthily bestowed,
and bore testimony of the popular stand
ing with the congregation Of the pastor
and assistant.
A new rule for stock-carryiug by
western roads has lately gone into effect.
Heretofore the price for shipping stock
has been at so much per car. This
method has been announcement for the
small shipper, who was obliged to hold
stock at loss in order 70 get enough to
fill car, or ship half car at high rates.
Thirty-fve 50-ton scales have been set
up, and Monday the 100-pound rate, as
in other classes of freight, was begin.
Six cars OF freight train No. lO, on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way, leaving the junction east bound
Saturday evening, jumped the track just
before reaching the bridge west Of the
depot and crossed to the cyst of the liver
on the ties, before stopping. The cars
were but little injured from the humping
received and the great wonder is that
more damage was not done. The acct
dent was caused by a breaking beam
swapping in two.
This evening the ladies of St. Ber-
nard's church serve grand supper at
lower Turner Hall for the benefit of the
church fund and it is safe to guarantee
that the inner man will be satisfied with
the spread that will be made. During
the supper the Philharmonic orchestra
will furnish music. Later in the even